New research has uncovered that the construction of water dams has shifted Earth's poles in subtle but important ways.

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The Earth's crust, mantle, outer core and inner core (Image credit: Shutterstock) Around 3 billion years ago, Earth's crust ballooned during a massive growth spurt, geoscientists have found.

Ancient fragments of Earth's crust acted as 'seeds' for new crust to grow from. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Around 3 ...

Most of the gases remain trapped beneath the outer crust lid. The second model was plate tectonics. On Earth, about 80 percent of volcanism occurs along mid-oceanic ridges where two tectonic ...

New calculations by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis suggest that the planet's outer crust may be constantly churning, an unexpected phenomenon called convection that could help ...

The mantle is made of mostly iron, magnesium and silicon, and is around 1,865 miles thick, while the crust is a mere 3.1 miles to 43.5 miles thick, depending on location.

As the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury is exposed to the star's enormous gravitational field. And it's really stressful.

The planet's crust likely maxes out at about 40 miles (65 kilometers) thick — and, in many places, it may be much thinner, the study suggests. "That is surprisingly thin, given conditions on the ...